If it’s the job of television analysts to draw attention to themselves, then Brandel Chamblee does a great job. Only this time, it might backfire on him.

The Golf Channel commentator and contributing writer to Golf.com has been the most vocal critic of Tiger Woods over the years, and after his most recent bludgeoning in print, Woods’ agent, Mark Steinberg, is threatening legal action.

On Tuesday, Chamblee wrote a piece for the website in which he gave Woods a grade of “F” for the season — despite Woods winning five times, earning the Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average, leading the money list and being voted PGA Tour Player of the Year by his peers for the 11th time in his career.

Chamblee implied Woods’ season was tainted by four highly publicized rules violations, and without using the exact phrasing, called Woods a cheater.

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“There’s nothing you can call a golfer worse than a cheater,” Steinberg told ESPN. “This is the most deplorable thing I have seen. I’m not one for hyperbole, but this is absolutely disgusting. Calling him a cheater? I’ll be shocked, stunned if something is not done about this. Something has to be done.

“There are certainly things that just don’t go without response. It’s atrocious. I’m not sure if there isn’t legal action to be taken. I have to give some thought to legal action.”

The grounds Steinberg would have for legal action are shaky at best, but his public irritation shows Woods himself probably is rather peeved at this latest dig.

Chamblee noted the four different occasions when Woods was called for rules violations, the most high-profile of which was his drop at the Masters in April. During the third round, Woods hit the flagstick with his third shot on the par-5 15th hole, and the ball spun back into the water fronting the green. He then took a drop that was 2 yards farther back from where he hit his original shot, a direct violation of the written rules.

The controversy continued when he signed a scorecard without the two-shot penalty in place, and the tournament committee at Augusta National did not disqualify him — nor did he willingly withdraw, which players have done in the past — when such a measure is commonplace.

“I remember when we only talked about Tiger’s golf,” Chamblee wrote. “I miss those days. He won five times and contended in majors and won the Vardon Trophy and … how shall we say this … was a little cavalier with the rules.”

Below the text was a “100” with a line drawn through it, and a picture with a big red “F” circled.

“Brandel has a right to form his opinion,” Steinberg said. “If he wants to give him an ‘F’ for his year? It’s silly. But this goes so far above that and is out of bounds. It’s stunning.”